TrekMD

Can't say I do.  I've never been much of a fan of adding hot sauces to my food.  But I don't like food to hot or spicy either.  

Can't say I do.  I've never been much of a fan of adding hot sauces to my food.  But I don't like food to hot or spicy either.  

The house closed on 7/31. We got 9 offers  in a weekend and ended up selling to a friend.  She wasn't the highest, but she was ballpark and considering this is a divorce sale, we both wanted the house to go to someone we care about.  It was super stressful prepping everything and my ex-wife's move was way more chaotic than it needed to be.  But we made it! 
The house was the last big thing between my ex-wife and I to put a period on the divorce.  We'll always have our daughter but she's (fortunately) grown so with the exception of college graduations, weddings and funerals, I imagine contact will be fairly limited.  15 years is a long time and its amazing to me how much time and energy it takes to unwind the legal entanglement that is marriage.  Its been over a year since everything started unraveling.  It will definitely be a consideration for relationships moving forward.  
I've spent the last year largely on self improvement and work.  I've dropped 50lbs and I'm back to what I call my rock n' roll weight - a number that hasn't been seen since 2004! I've started exercising regularly, cook almost everything, cut back on drinking and limited eating out.  I've also simplified my life and got rid of a lot of "stuff."  I've been playing music with friends again and we rent a "lock-out" studio in an industrial space to practice.  Maybe we'll actually get to a point where we want to gig... 
Anyway, this will probably wrap this whole thread.  I appreciate all of the support from my fellow atari.io forum folks.  This stuff is tough and sharing it has really helped! Thanks to all who commented or sent messages of support.  
To infinity and beyond!
By Grapthar's Hammar...
Live long and prosper.  

Better late than Never, but here is my Full Set of Patches
 

I just got back from Pinburg 2019 sorry for delay ( no I didn't win any tournaments this year ... mebbe next year )
I put in
a Sears Pong controller multi console AV cable GB games: Super Mario 2; Yoshi; Dr. Mario GBA games: Series of Unfortunate Events; Super MArio Advance; Finding Nemo; Mamco Museum; (think) Midways Classics? ; Yoshi's Island; Mario Kart Super Circuit DS game Mario Kart DS Atari 2600games  Skiing cib Mouse Trap cib ( could have been nibbled by a mouse :P ) Synth Kart; Blip Football a Wico stick for 5200

Congratulations RickR!
 
Congratulations @RickR on your ULTIMATE score! I want to thank EVERYBODY for participating in our little event this year, and for celebrating the life and works of Howard Scott Warshaw who went for so many years without recognition, carrying "the blame" for the video game crash. I hope doing HSWDAY once a year is a fun way to break out these old games and appreciate them for what they are. I hope everyone had a good time playing Ultimate Yars!. Congrats to @RickR @greenween @atarilbc @TrekMD @kamakazi20012 and @Atari Creep for being among the most elite Yars' Revenge players! I'd like to encourage RickR to post his new high score on the Scoreboard, and maybe this Challenge can continue on! 
Our next High Score Squad Challenge will be for the TurboGrafx-16!
 
 
 ULTIMATE YARS FINAL STANDINGS 
 
1   RICKR                                     216,578
2   GREENWEEN                         212,454
3   ATARILBC                              109,885
4   TREKMD                                   67,007
5   KAMAKAZI20012                   49,420
6   ATARI CREEP                          37,092
 
 

Here is the stuff I put in the box...

The box still gives.  That's good!

Some cool stuff in the box!  That WICO joystick looks awesome!

Well, the rules say you can take 1/2 of the box. 

That is awesome! 

Very nice stuff out of the box! 

The box is on its way to CG! 

I'm waiting to hear back from @correagonzalez so I can ship the box. 

🤣  No, nothing of the sort!  It's water-THEMED!  Not wet! 

OK guys, I have emptied the box that was wet and prepped a new box.  Here are the pictures of what I took out of the box.  You'll later find out what I put in.    There is something water themed in the box as well. 

It sure is!  I have some cool stuff to put in as well.

I just opened it.  The stuff inside appears to be OK but I have to empty all of it to be sure.  If there is the need for filing a claim, I'll let you know but I don't believe that will be necessary.

I just got home and here was the box.  Unfortunately, it has been raining and the mailwoman did not place it in a protected place, so the box is all wet.  I haven't opened it yet so I'm hoping the stuff inside is OK.  I'll have to replace the box entirely because this one won't be any good. 

And I'm ready to receive it! 

Of course, I'm cool with it.  I'm going to be at Florida Supercon all weekend long, so it works out perfectly!  Thanks! 

Oh, cool.  Defintely a great game by Howard!

Here's a score to get us started...

Ah, the famous initials! 

Those are some impressive scores!